Tobacco pipe



L. SUEDMEYER.

TOBACCO PIPE.

APPLICATION FILED .IULYI. I920.

Patented May 16, 1922.

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LOUIS SUEDIVIEYER, OF ST. LOUIS, IVIISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO ELSIE KELLER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

TOBACCO PIPE.

Application filed July 7, 1920.

T all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, Lotus SUEDMEYER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at St. Louis, in the county of St. Louis city and State of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tobacco Pipes, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to smoking pipes and is an improvement on the pipe disclosed in Patent No. 1,336,393, granted to me April 6,1920.

The present invention retains the valuable features of that patented construction, and

has, in addition, certain new and useful features not disclosed therein.

The present development contemplates an improved stem and purifier construction which adapts it for use with a stemless bowl, as, for example, the ordinary corn cob bowl, and it has for its object to provide a stem which, without any special construction of bowl, may be fitted to a bowl and serve to purify and cool the smoke.

In order that the invention may be clearly understood'by those skilled in the art, I have disclosed in the drawings, forming a part of this application, one physical embodiment of my invention and in said drawings Fig. 1 is a view in side elevation of a pipe having my improved stem.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view, enlarged, of the stem and a portion of the bowl to illustrate the interior construction.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of a stem member.

Fig. 4 is an endview of the bowl engaging member of the stem.

Fig. 5 is'a view of a slightly diflerent form of nipple for the stem member shown in Fig. 4.

Referring to the drawings by numbers, like numbers indicating like parts in the several views, denotes a pipe bowl made of any suitable material, the particular example here shown being a corn cob bowl. Said bowl is provided with a stem receiving hole 11 which may be round or of a shape other than round.

The stem proper is made up of a casing 12 having a chamber 18 and provided at its forward end with a projecting nipple 14, which nipple preferably rises from and projects forwardly at the top of the casing 12, the said nipple 14 being designed to engage the hole 11 in the bowl 10. The nipple 14 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 16, 1922.

Serial No. 394,500.

being located at the top of the casing 12 and projecting forwardly'at the end of the casing there will be provided a shoulder 15 of relatively large area which will engage and take a bearing on the bowl of the pipe below the nipple 14, so as to minimize the strain upon the nipple 14 and the hole 11, and preferably this shoulder 15 will be hollowed out as at 16, so as to give an intimate line contact of the outer edge of the shoulder 15 against the bowl. lVith this construction the bowl 10 is held in proper relation to the stem and its natural tendency to tilt forward will be counteracted by the shoulder 15.

The nipple 14 at the top of the casing is,

it will be observed, connected by an upstanding rib 17 with the body of the casing 12, and this nipple and rib are pierced by a smoke passage 15 which extends from the nipple 14 rearwardly and downwardly through the rib and delivers to the chamber 13 at the top thereof.

lVithin the chamber 13 is the purifier 18, said purifier being of less length than the chamber 13, so'that provision may be made for adjustment and wear of the purifier and it may be thrust into the chamber more or less, being frictionally held therein by engagement f its tapering section 19 with the rear end of the chamber 13.

The purifier 18 fits snugly in the casing 12, its tapered rear portion 19 engaging frictionally the rear end'of the casing, and such tapering portion 19 is provided with a stop lug or rib 20 which serves not only as a stop for the purifier when it is thrust into the casing 12, but also as a markerto indicate the proper upright position of the purifier in the casing. This stop 20 may be cut back if the frictional engagement of the purifier withthe chambered casing is insuflicient, so as to shorten the lug and permit the tapering section 19 to be pushed farther into the chamber 13, the greater length of the casing admitting of the purifier being inserted farther into the chamber.

The purifier 18 is similar in construction to that purifier disclosed in my patent aforesaid, being provided with a plurality of pockets 21, which are connected by staggered passages 22 out through the division walls between the pockets 21. This arrangement, as in my patent referred to, gives alternating reverse whirls to the smoke as it passes from '59 and pocket to pocket so as to throw down products of combustion and cool the smoke.

I11 the form of the invention shown in Fig ure 5, I provide a nipple 23 square in cross section instead of round, the purpose of which is to prevent the bowl and nipple from turning relative to each other. This square nipple 28, when combined with the depending shoulder 15 gives a very firm and satisfactory stem connection, the squared nipple 23 preventing the bowl from any angular movement relative to the stem, and the shoulder 15 preventing any tilting of the bowl downwardly on the nipple.

The purifier 18 will be provided in rear of the purifying pockets with a chamber 2% connected by a passage with the rear-most pocket 21 in which chamber .24 any absorbent material, such as cotton, may be placed so as to further dry and purify the smoke. The extreme rear end of the purifier has a socket to receive the bit 26 of the stem, and preferably a corrugated or roughened projection 27 for convenient handling of the purifier in inserting and drawing it from the socket will be provided.

While I have shown and described a specific construction, it will be understood that changes in details may be made and yet be within the range of my invention.

I claim:

1. In a pipe, the combination of a bowl, a chambered casing having an offset nipple to engage said bowl and provided with a smoke passage through said nipple into said casing, a pocketed purifier in said casing and to one of the pockets of which the smoke passage delivers, and a bit fitted to said purifier.

2. In a pipe, the combination of a bowl, a chambered casing having an offset nipple and an adjacent shoulder to engage said bowl, said nipple being provided with a smoke passage entering said casing; a pocketed purifier in said casing to one of the pockets of which said smoke passage delivers, and a bit fitted to said purifier.

3. In a pipe, the combination of a bowl, a chambered casing having an offset nipple and an adjacent shoulder having a hollowed out face to give a bowl-contacting edge to engage said bowl, said nipple being provided with a smoke passage entering said casing;

a pocketed purifier in said casing to one of the pockets of which said smoke passage delivers, and a bit fitted to said purifier.

4. A stem member for pipes comprising a chambered casing having a rib projecting upwardly and forwardly from its body and terminating in an offset nipple, said nipple and rib having a smoke passage communieating with the chamber of said casing, and a bowl-engaging shoulder on said casing adjacent said nipple.

5. A stem member for pipes comprising a chambered casing having a rib projecting upwardly and forwardly from its body and terminating in an offset nipple, said nipple and. rib having a smoke passage communieating with the chamber of said casing; and a bowl-engaging shoulder on said casing adjacent said nipple, said shoulder having its face hollowed out to give a relative sharp bowl engaging edge.

6. In a pipe, the combination of a bowl, a chambered casing engaging said bowl, a

pocketed purifier having a chamber engaging section of less length than said casing and trictionally held in said casing, and having a stop lug on said purifier to engage the rear end of said casing said stop lug being adapted to maintain, at all times, a tight frictional engagement of the purifier with the chamber.

7. In a pipe,'the combination of a bowl, a chambered casing engaging said bowl, a pocketed purifier having a chamber engaging section of less length than said casing and trictionally held. in said casing with the pockets opening upwardly, and a stop and marking lug on top of said purifier in line with the open tops of the pockets to limit the inward movement of said purifier and mark its proper position in the casing.

8. A stem member for pipes, comprising a body portion, an offset bowl engaging nipple of a shape other than round in cross section projecting from one end of said body portion and having a smoke passage therethrough, and a bowl engaging shoulder below and in rear of said nipple.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

LOUIS SUEDMEYER. 

